proprietary software

Computer software released under a license restricting use, study or redistribution

EntityQ218616

Also known as non-free software · nonfree software · closed-source software · proprietary software license · non-free software license · nonfree software license

Subclass of: software
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Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.

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Opposite of: free and open-source software
proprietary hardware criterion used: physical object
source-available software
Uses: proprietary license
software license
Different from: proprietary license
Industry: Prepackaged Software object named as: SIC code 7372
Has characteristic: closed source

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